Hank Green of SciShow explains why some planets, like Saturn, have rings and others do not.
Hank fields one of the most commonly asked questions about our solar system: Why does Saturn have rings? Part of the answer has to do with the fact that it’s not the only planet that has them.
Eyeball Floaters Explained
Almost everyone sees a few floaters at one time or another. They can occur more frequently and become more noticeable as you grow older. Hank Green of SciShow explains the cause of these specks or squiggles that sometimes appear in our field of vision.
Sometimes our eyes do weird things. One of the things that it sometimes does is get floaters. What are they? Where do they come from?
The teenage brain explained or the reason why young skulls are full of mush.
For most people, the teenage years of life are a time of anxiety and pimples. It’s not that much fun.
But what exactly is going on in our brains that makes us act like jerks, and often throw logic and common sense out the window?
Internet nerd Hank Green of Sci Show explains all the ins and outs of the rapidly changing teenage brain.
While drilling in 1971, Soviet geologists tapped into a cavern filled with natural gas.The ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a large hole with a diameter of 70 meters (230 ft). To avoid poisonous gas discharge, it was decided the best solution was burn it off. Geologists had hoped the fire would use all the fuel in a matter of days, but the gas is still burning today. Locals have dubbed the cavern “The Door to Hell”.
“The Door To Hell” may sound like a science fiction-horror movie, but it’s not. It is a real place in Turkmenistan.
Hank Green of SciShow explains that in the 1970′s, Soviet scientists found an amazing depot of natural gas, but while attempting to retrieve it accidentally caused the ground to collapse.
The scientists realized it would be better to set the now free methane on fire than let the dangerous, combustible gas vent into the environment.
They thought the gas would be burn up in a few weeks, but 42 years later the crater is still burning.